Tuesday roundup: Arapahoe scores 3-2 win over No. 9 Cherokee Trail

Five of the seven teams in the Centennial League are either in the Class 5A coaches poll or are receiving votes. I’d say the depth is pretty good there and on a night in night out basis, you are going to have some really good matches especially considering its a league that will only get two automatic berths into the state tournament. The rest will have to get in via at-large bids.

On Tuesday night, unranked Arapahoe – one of those teams receiving votes – knocked off No. 9 Cherokee Trail 3-2 to improve to 5-2 overall and 2-0 in the league. The Cougars fell to 6-2-1 and 0-2 in the league.

Bryan Howley, Eddie Perez and Jaret Townsend all scored for the Warriors and Townsend assisted on another. Freshman goalie James Conley stopped five of the seven shots he faced.

Elsewhere: In the Class 4A Colorado Springs Metro League, Widefield and Mesa Ridge played a barn-burner. Ultimately, in a high scoring affair, the Grizzles won 6-5 in double overtime, despite two goals each from the Gladiator seniors Jared Foulk and Brandon Toves.

In the 4A Northern League: Centaurus’ Ventura Dominguez stopped a second half penalty kick and helped the Warriors rally for a 2-2 tie against Silver Creek. Victor Hernandez and Sam Esler each scored for Centaurus.

The defending Class 5A state runners-up from Brighton wrapped up another East Metro League title on Tuesday night against crosstown rival Prairie View. The Bulldogs, behind pitcher Melissa Rahrich’s no-hitter, beat the Thunderhawks 12-0.

Rahrich did allow a walk and hit one batter, but never surrendered a hit. The big blow offensively for Brighton was junior Katelyn Ellis, who crushed her first home run of the season and would account for three runs batted in.

It was an all-around good day for the Summit ladies at the Brighton Runners Roost Invitational – ironically held in Lakewood at Addenbrooke Park. Tigers freshmen McKenna Ramsay (1st in 19 minutes and 44 seconds) and Ruthie Boyd (3rd in 20:41) paced a strong Summit contengent that placed all four scoring runner in the top 12 of the event. Berthoud sophomore Kiah Leonard finished second with a time of 19:56.

The final tuneup for many of the local teams heading into next week’s state tournaments was on Tuesday at The Broadlands in Broomfield. Holy Family hosted it’s annual Bobblehead Invitational and Regis Jesuit’s Connor Alexander earned medlaist honors, firing a 2-over par 74 to win by a shot over Holy Family’s Blake Bollman.

Peak to Peak won the team title by four shots over Holy Family and by 10 over Regis.

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.